Sorry for being pushy but can I please ask if the reviews can be a bit more descriptive.
It was late at night and walking through the streets in a trenchcoat and a hat was a man who heard mutters from the few people out at this time off the night; he looked up and shook his head as he saw that Spider-Man vigilante swinging through the sky. "If I was still on the force; I would have caught him no problem..." the man muttered as he put his focus on his destination. There he saw it; the giant fortress that was known as Oscorp Tower.
Normally he would have turned down something so risky but he had bills due, he was at risk off being evicted from the cheapest and most poor quality apartment that there was and he had gotten letters from his ex-wife;s attorney threatening a lawsuit for back alimony. His client was offering a lot and he had no choice but to accept.
He spotted a delivery van and hid until he saw them open up the doors to the back entrance; he took his chance to run through. He made his way to a door and went through spotting one of the scientists checking his clipboard; he then ran to try and subdue him for his ID and coat buit then there was an alarm which made him jump and he freaked out in horror when he noticed one of the delivery personnel was waiting by the door that he went through since it looked like he was spotted.
Caught and subdued by security he was brought to an office terrified thinking that his life was over now; 20 minutes later he sat handcuffed at the desk as the scientist he tried to subdue Dr Stillwell sat down to face him. "Macdonald 'Mac' Gargan; private investigator and former NYPD officer. I must say that your file was quite interesting to say the least..." Stillwell said after having been done a background check on him with Gargan gulping. "Kick off the force after a history of jumping the gun when it comes to acting on tips and excessive force on a suspect who was cleared off the charge." Stillwell continued on and Gargan groaned at the reminder off his past. "Now please tell me why you felt the need to break into our humble workspace and why we shouldn't press charges for that and your attempted assault on me?" Stillwell asked glaring at him and now Gargan was now pathetically pleading.
"Please... I am sorry... A week ago I got a message from an anonymous client who wants dirt on you all, I was going to pass it off as a scam but a secure wireless transfer of ten thousand bucks up front with the promise off 10 times more if I did it... I needed the money and I can't afford a lawsuit from you all... I will do anything..." Gargan said with his hands together and Stillwell grinned.
"It's your lucky day Gargan as I had called Mr Osborn and he is willing to let this slide if you not only hand over your phone so we can see about finding out who your client is but also agree to be a test subject for an experiment with all necessary NDAs signed." Stillwell offered and Gargan looked concerned.
"Will it be painful?" Gargan asked and Stillwell nodded.
"Most definitely but your alternative is we will make sure that after pressing charges that you end up in the most dangerous prison in the state." Stillwell warned and Gargan nodded weakly clearly out of options.
The next morning Peter was waking up and gotten dressed; he picked up his overdue homework and put it in his bag. His physics teacher was willing to give him an extension to finish it and thought to the previous day:
Mrs Feeser an obtuse woman eyed Peter as he nervously looked at her; "I am sorry Mrs Feeser... Still getting used to the new school and everything..." Peter said apologetically trying to think of an excuse other than he was busy the previous afternoon going out as Spider-Man and caught a purse snatcher as well as stop a speeding car.
"Okay Mr Parker but I hope that you remember to make time for your schoolwork in the future..." chastisted Mrs Feeser.
Not the only difficulty that had happened thanks to Spider-Man; healing from hits that he had gotten from thugs overnight thanks to his powers made him tired in the morning and he ended up getting late to school. Things that May was getting on his case for.
He went downstairs and May was at the coffee table looking over some papers and she jumped when she noticed him. "Morning Peter; you have everything that you need for today and you will be able to get to school on time?" May asked as Peter noticed one of the pieces of paper on the floor and picked it up.
"Wait... Are these bills..." Peter asked his eyes widened as it was from a loan office and she quickly snatched it while hiding the rest away.
"Just taking care of a few things from Ben's death... Nothing for you to worry about... Just focus on having your breakfast and getting to school on time..." May said dismissively as Peter realised that having one of the bill payers dying unexpected must be taking a toll on the finances.
However he did as she asked as he went to get breakfast; perhaps he could find a way to help later.
Midtown Magnet High School; Peter ran through their gates happy to get there on time and spotted a limo drive by on a road he was about to cross and there was a shaken Harry Osborn who was at the spot where the limo was before it drove off. "So you think that you will lose cred with your friends if we walk to class together?" Peter asked jokingly but Harry sighed much to Peter's concern as they entered the halls.
Their first class was biology and their teacher Mr Warren earned the ire of about 90% of this particular classroom with a pop quiz. Peter went on it no problem but he saw that Harry next to his desk was really struggling and put glances towards Peter for a few times.
After they were done they went out to the hallways; Mr Warren handed out a multiple choice homework assignment for Friday to much groans and afterwards Peter found Harry catching up to him as he made his way through the door. Hey... Peter isn't it? Can I speak to you please for a second?" Harry whispered to him and Peter thought that it sounded serious and went to a corner with him. "Peter... You know about my father Norman Osborn?" Harry asked and Peter gave a slight nod; how could he not as Oscorp was the biggest science and research based company in the city and it had facilities all throughout the country.
"Well... He puts a lot of pressure on me and my grades which are... To be frank; they are 'embarassing' in his own words and he keeps asking me if I expect him to one day hand over Oscorp to him if I struggle in anything science. I know I will be super grounded if I end up flunking this new bit of homework..." Harry told Peter and his eyes widened; he guess having a rich head off a major corporation as a father would put a lot off pressure on him.
"That sounds rough Harry..." Peter said and Harry laughed humourlessly.
"Plus he was already not pleased with me; he saw the photos on social media about what happened at the football team's party..." Harry admitted and Peter could guess how his father felt. "So like after school; you think that you can help me learn this stuff please? LIk a tutorship; I can pay you..." Harry asked and Peter's eyes widened about that; it would be good to help his classmate like this and he could use the money to help his aunt with the bills.
"You can count me in..." Peter said and Harry looked pleased.
Gargan arrived at the Oscorp Tower and waited at the reception desk until Stillwell picked him up and showed him to a lab area. "So this is our guinea pig Dr Stillwell?" asked an arrogant sounding voice and Gargan moaning off the voice of phrase saw walking up to them with an air of superiority was an obtuse brown haired man with glasses in a labcoat; Gargan nervously offered a hand which the man took.
"Mr Gargan here is our volunteer Otto; Gargan, this is Dr Otto Octavius one of our brightest minds here at Oscorp along with myself. He is the inventor of the project that you will be testing out." Stillwell introduced and Octavius raised an eyebrow to Stillwell's words.
"Along with yourself Dr Stillwell? I don't see 3 Noble Prizes to your name." mocked Octavius and Stillwell grimaced; Octavius then led them to a chamber which opened up to reveal an electronic harness vest and attached to it was a slim long robotic tail with what looked like a blaster at the end with a blade.
"Long have I dabbled in trying to come up with the best designs for robotic appendages to replaced amputated limbs when I have come up with an epiphany: why turn people into what they were before when we could improve them! That line of thinking has led to me creating this prototype!" Octavius explained as Gargan looked at it. "This harness shall connect to your spine and to spare you the full details of how it works as I know that your low IQ is incapable of understanding: it shall connect to your brainwaves allowing your mind to be connected to the prototype and control it as if it was one of your own appendages." Octavius continued on as Gargan looked at the blaster at the end.
"Yes; that is to test possible military applications to the technology as requested by Mr Osborn himself." Stillwell explained and Octavius frowned as he was not exactly thrilled about that part. "Well you can start getting ready as we will need you shirtless for this." Stillwell said impatiently as Gargan started taking off his top and shirt and Stillwell grimaced as he certainly didn't look like he could be a werewolf in a teen vampire movie.
Stillwell then took a syringe and injected it into Gargan's neck unexpectedly; "Hey what gives Doc..." Gargan protested feeling the effects off the contents making him dizzy.
"Just a little something to make you stronger; to help you be able to connect with the harness and be able to handle to prototype." Stillwell said calmly.
Peter never expected to be riding in a limo; May was certainly surprised to hear that Norman Osborn's son invited him over for a tutoring session. She had sent a message saying:
You be careful Peter and don't be out too long without calling; be glad that Ben isn't here to have a dicussion with you. Likes like with Toomes; he never had a high opinion on Norman Osborn.
Peter bet that his late uncle would have a lot to say about what he thought about him; soon they reached the Osborn family penthouse and Harry showed him inside and Peter stopped when he noticed a middle aged brown haired man with an in control demeanor looking down at him. He coughed a bit behind his hand before he looked towards Harry as if silently telling him to make introductions. "Dad; this is Peter Parker my new classmate who is my new tutor. Peter; this is my father Norman Osborn." Harry introduced as Norman offered a hand which Peter accepted.
"It's an honor to meet your Mr Osborn sir; I read articles about your company and I was at the exhibit at ESU that your company ran sir. All fascinating stuff." Peter said as Norman gave a smile.
"When you said that you were inviting someone over to help tutor you; I wondered if this was just an excuse to goof-off with a friend Harry but it seems that you brought an actual scientist hopeful over here. You know Peter; I'm something off a scientist myself." Norman said as Harry laughed quietly. "Now I must be going; got a busy schedule and please don't make a mess in the house." Norman said leaving as Harry showed Peter to his room and he was amazed to find a room about the size off his own apartment.
Back at Oscorp Tower; Gargan had been given time to adjust to the effects of the syringe's contents and had put on goggles plus a helmet so they could monitor his brainwaves while the harness was connected painfully to his spine. they had him move about to test his reflexes, lift some blocks to test his strength as well as test how well he can move the prototype around like a tail.
"What is exactly was in that syringe?" Octavius asked Stillwell and he grinned.
Stillwell explained "I had been hearing about that Spider-Man and wondered if he could have somehow been created by our research here? When I realised that with the prototype attached; the wearer could look like having a scorpion tail and then realising that a scorpion is a predator off the spider then we could have ourselves a better version of Spider-Man! Thus scorpion DNA mixed in with OZ plus a little something... else...:"
Stillwell was overseeing the tests off the Promethium-X as they were creating a suitable and safe display for Jameson's gala; Stillwell then noticed out from the rock was a bit of moving ooze so he took out a vial to scoop out a sample before having it corked.
"You mixed the OZ formula with scorpion DNA and an unknown substance from Jupiter before injecting it into our test subject?" Octavius whispered incredulously unable to believe that a colleague off his would do something so stupid.
"Sometimes science is more art than science..." Stillwell retorted with a grin but then they were alarmed as there was a fire alarm sounding throughout the building. They wondered about what to do with their experiment but Gargan jumped freaked out by the alrm and began pushing past them charging through them and accidentally shout out blasts to the wall making a whole.
"Sorry; I didn't mean to..." Gargan apologised freaking out and felt the toxins inside off him disorienting him and he ended up jumping out of the whole that he had made.
Back at Harry's room things weren't going so well as Peter did his best to explain the matieral to Harry as he was working on his own homework but he had trouble understanding it. "Sorry Peter but I am not so good with this; these questions are so confusing!" Harry complained and Peter thought it over.
"Just have to find the study method right for you..." Peter said but then found a news alert trending on his phone and he got up on his feet after looking at it: something happening at Oscorp Tower! "Sorry Harry; something came up... We could always reschedule..." Peter said apologetically gathering his bag and Harry stared as he just left.
"Come on Peter; I really need help and wait... I think you forgot..." Harry said shouting abotut to follow him through the door noticing he left behind something and it was his own copy off the homework. This gave him an idea...
Peter changed into being Spider-Man and saw the crowd being evacuated in front of Oscorp Tower and with the police and firefighter services arriving. He then spotted Gargan walking about in front of the tower and web slinged towards him and then jumped down in front off him. "So how you yet to put together your supervillain suit?" Peter asked mockingly and Gargan glared at him.
"I don't need some hooligan vigilante getting in my way!" Gargan roared as he charged at Peter who was unprepared for his Spider-Sense go off as Gargan managed to lunge at him punching at his head. Peter maanegd to push him off and was pushed back by Gargan swinging the tail at him.
Peter got up as the police officers had their guns aimed at Gargan with one officer stunned asking "wait Gargan; is that you?"
Stillwell went in front off Gargan along with Osborn trying to get them to clear; "Mr Gargan here is volunteer testing out an experiment; he was ill prepared for the fire alarm going off..." Osborn said to the officers and Peter paused; so was this a misunderstanding and this Gargan guy had nothing to do with it?
"Sorry Mr Gargan then sir; no hard feelings?" Peter asked and Stillwell had to hold Gargan back from trying to snap at Peter as he web slinged away.
Well he interrupted a paid tutoring gig to end up in a misunderstanding; time to change and go home...
At the home of Adrian Toomes disgraced businessman and founder of the now folded Toomes Aerodynamics; Toomes an elderly man with a bald head was at a desk looking at a monitor off a man in black bodysuit with black and purple armor plates, a green symbol and a dark purple helmet with black eye patterns. "Here is your data sir; the fire alarm was the best way to have everyone distracted so I coudl turn off the security feed and hack their systems..." the cat burglar and mercenary known as the Prowler said to Toomes who grinned as the data that he wanted was uploaded from Prowler's private server to Toomes's computer.
"Your reputation is well founded Prowler; while hiring Gargan was a failure, he did distract everyone for this to play out. Here is your promised payment." Toomes said sending money from an offshore tax haven account; his funds after having his company stolen from him and then taken apart by Osborn.
Toomes then ended the call and looked through the data sent; everything and anything related to the purchase of Toomes Aerodynamics including correspondents between Toomes's now former assistant Gregory Bestman and Norman Osborn dating back weeks before the failed distastrous test flight. This seems to validate his suspicions before about what had happened...
Peter had gone home from school on Friday and sighed as May was watching the Daily Bugle news which had a piece on Gargan. The Bugle used the story to portray Spider-Man as someone who goes in head first into situations best left to the authorities; Gargan shouting about Spider-Man being a vigilante and his record as a former police officer to frame him as someone trying to take down a public menace with Jameson giving a statement:
"Mac Gargan had made mistakes during his time with a badge but I see him as an over eager dedicated man wanting to fight for justice but made a few bad calls; wanting to redeem himself from his past failures by taking down a public nuiscance. He is now in hopistal being looked over for his condition after an interupted experiment by a combination of medical officials and Oscorp scientists. We will have a statement from his ex-wife Sarah soon but I implore NYPD to finally bring him in because your next mayor doesn't want a lunatic in a mask swinging about our fair city!"
Peter sighed as he went up to May and handed over an envelope saying "courtesy off my classmate and tutorship student Harry."
May opened it up to find the money inside and said "Peter; I couldn't possibly accept..."
"Don't Aunt May; you and Uncle Ben have done so much to me so this is the least that I can do!" insisted Peter who ended up soon being talked into it. Peter then went to his room bringing out the graded biology pop quiz and the biology homework which were both A+'s. Harry did help him with that:
Friday and Peter entered his biology classroom for the final class off the day with Mr Warren said to hand in their homework and Peter freaked out having forgotten all about the homework assignment and must have left it somewhere! Peter sat on his desk as Mr Warren started the class by grading the assignments and began handing them out.
"Mr Warren; about the homework..." Peter pleaded as Mr Warren came to his desk but was speechless as it was put on his desk graded much to his surprise.
After class and school was let out he went to the door but then Harry came up to him with an envelope; "I found a way to remember what you taught me and I managed to get a good grade with my homework. I also found your homework at my place before going to school today so I handed it in with my own." Harry told him and Peter felt much relief.
"Thanks Harry; you're a lifesaver!" Peter said gratefully as Sally Avril shook her head at this display when she noticed; not liking Harry doing anything with a dweeby nerd and only barely tolerated Flash going with him to use his ticket.
"No; you're the lifesaver Pete!" Harry replied as they went their separate ways and Peter thought that he made a new friend.
"Well done Harry; perhaps Mr Parker could help you get your grades up!" Norman complimented Harry inside their penthouse home as Harry had shown him the graded biology homework.
Harry smiled at the praise from his father; the grade was an A+ just like Peter's grade was. Funny enough that Harry managed to get all answers right after having found Peter's completed copy off the same homework assignment forgotten at Harry's place...
Mrs Feeser comes from the Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane comics and Prowler has his suit from the Miles Morales game.
Plus as to making Scorpion's tail an invention of Otto Octavius? Well a little backstory but when I was in my early teens on YouTube (back in the days videos were rated by stars and not likes and dislikes), I was a big fan of this internet show called Lego Spider-Man the Series by SM3VENOM (the videos reuploaded by someone else if you want to dig them up) but it was cancelled before completion but the creator put out the finale script (though disappointing as it had Peter decide to just quit being Spidey for how much heroes there are now). The Scorpion there was a thief who stole the prototype Doc-Ock arm and there is the inspiration.
